Cross-cultural measurement invariance of the fear of COVID-19 scale in three Portuguese-speaking countries

Suely Ruiz Giolo; Rubia Carla Formighieri Giordani; Milene Zanoni da Silva; Paulo César Azevedo Dias; Arune Estavela; Janete Ismael Mabuie

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Cross-cultural measurement invariance of the fear of COVID-19 scale in three Portuguese-speaking countries

Suely Ruiz Giolo, Rubia Carla Formighieri Giordani^*, Milene Zanoni da Silva, Paulo César Azevedo Dias, Arune Estavela, Janete Ismael Mabuie

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This study evaluated the measurement invariance of the Portuguese version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) across three countries: Brazil (South America), Mozambique (East Africa), and Portugal (Southwest Europe). A total of 8694 participants were recruited through convenience sampling (7430 Brazilians, 387 Mozambicans, and 877 Portuguese adults). The unidimensional structure of the FCV-19S fitted well with each country’s data. Multigroup confirmatory factor analysis showed that the FCV-19S was partially invariant across countries and fully invariant across gender and age groups, thus providing a solid basis for cross-group comparisons. Structural invariance tests revealed different levels of fear across countries and genders but not across age groups.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2997-3012
Number of pages	16
Journal	Journal of Health Psychology
Volume	27
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053221076578
Publication status	Published - Nov 2022

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COVID-19
Cross-cultural
Emotional reactions
Fear level
Pandemics

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